Female Black Redstart around the office (Ainsdale Discovery Centre) now.
Apologies for god-awful point and press record shots in the drizzle, presumably a passage bird, but more fodder for the Pontins enigma for yet another year…
UPDATE: Got a chance to have another look at the bird at lunchtime – it was still feeding behind the skipyard, flycatching from Sea Buckthorn stems in the rain at 1.30pm.
Willow Warbler, Goldcrests, Goldfinches and Mipits also joining the Stonechats in the rain – quite the little fall… and a Swallow south earlier.
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Is it still there? I have never seen one and will come down to see it of it is still there.
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Hi Jack – the bird was still flycatching at the back of the skipyard beside Ainsdale Discovery Centre at 1.30pm. Good luck – let me know if you see it…
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I failed to get down there today due to a mini home emergency so i will try tomorrow.
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Still there at 5pm Jack.
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Caught this bird entirely by accident this morning when returning from a walk on the beach with the dog (flock of eight scoters really close in, just behind the breaking waves as the tide receded). Bumped into a black redstart mini-twitch by the discovery centre. Nice.
Heard you gathering the troops before your walk this morning John; hope it went well despite the “dismalality”.
Tony
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There was much dismality on the walk Tony, but there will be better days, and you can’t argue with a nice Black Red.
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